The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden AgeKnopf, 1987 - 698 pagina's Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupted by happiness. Drawing on a vast array of period documents and sumptuously reproduced art, Schama re-creates in precise detail a nation's mental state. He tells of bloody uprisings and beached whales, of the cult of hygiene and the plague of tobacco, of thrifty housewives and profligate tulip-speculators. He tells us how the Dutch celebrated themselves and how they were slandered by their enemies. "History on the grand scale...An ambitious portrait of one of the most remarkable episodes in modern history."--New York Times "Wonderfully inclusive; with wit and intense curiosity he teases out meaning from every aspect of Dutch seventeenth-century life."--Robert Hughes |
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Pagina 304
... true that Venetian mirrors , Turkish carpets , Persian silks and Japanese lacquerware were all re - exported , it is also true that the domestic market was buoyant , especially in the last half of the century . Indeed , the demand had ...
... true that Venetian mirrors , Turkish carpets , Persian silks and Japanese lacquerware were all re - exported , it is also true that the domestic market was buoyant , especially in the last half of the century . Indeed , the demand had ...
Pagina 362
... true if you consider their beauty when in existence and take into account by whom the trade is run . But not when you look at their perishability and consider by whom silver and gold , pearls and gems and artistic works are esteemed ...
... true if you consider their beauty when in existence and take into account by whom the trade is run . But not when you look at their perishability and consider by whom silver and gold , pearls and gems and artistic works are esteemed ...
Pagina 404
... true . ( And indeed it was , of course . ) But when Shaw wondered why Dutch women seemed both more moral and happier than those in England , he attributed that to their “ being better provided for by the laws of their country than in ...
... true . ( And indeed it was , of course . ) But when Shaw wondered why Dutch women seemed both more moral and happier than those in England , he attributed that to their “ being better provided for by the laws of their country than in ...
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CHAPTER | 51 |
Scripture | 93 |
Stygian fires and aqua fortis | 188 |
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